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mail at: tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov. 

Additional program information can be 

obtained at the Web site for the Trade 

Adjustment Assistance for Farmers 

program. The URL is http:// 

www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10266 Filed 4–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for 

Farmers 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Administrator, Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS), today 

accepted a petition, and began a review 

of a petition, for trade adjustment 

assistance by the North Carolina 

Commercial Flower Growers 

Association on behalf of cut lily 

producers in Georgia, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, and Virginia. The 

Administrator will determine within 40 

days whether or not increasing imports 

of lilies contributed importantly to a 

greater than 15 percent decrease in cash 

receipts for lilies compared to the 

average of the 3 preceding marketing 

years. If a determination is affirmative, 

producers who produce and market cut 

lilies in Georgia, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Virginia will be eligible to 

apply to the Farm Service Agency for 

technical assistance at no cost and cash 

benefits. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trade Adjustment Assistance Staff, 

FAS, USDA, at (202) 720–0638, or by email at: tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov. 

Additional program information can be 

obtained at the Web site for the Trade 

Adjustment Assistance for Farmers 

program. The URL is http:// 

www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10265 Filed 4–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for 

Farmers 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Administrator, Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS), today 

accepted a petition, and began a review 

of a petition, for trade adjustment 

assistance submitted by the Southern 

Shrimp Alliance on behalf of shrimpers 

in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Texas. The Administrator 

will determine within 40 days whether 

or not increasing imports of shrimp 

contributed importantly to a greater 

than 15 percent decrease in the quantity 

of production of shrimp compared to 

the average of the 3 preceding marketing 

years. If a determination is affirmative, 

shrimpers who land and market shrimp 

in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Texas, will be eligible to 

apply to the Farm Service Agency for 

technical assistance at no cost and cash 

benefits. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trade Adjustment Assistance Staff, 

FAS, USDA, at (202) 720–0638, or by email at: tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov. 

Additional program information can be 

obtained at the Web site for the Trade 

Adjustment Assistance for Farmers 

program. The URL is http:// 

www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa. 

Dated: April 28, 2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10260 Filed 4–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Initial Patent Applications 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing efforts to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on this revision of a 

continuing information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before July 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0032 comment’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450. 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the attention of 

Raul Tamayo, Legal Advisor, Office of 

Patent Legal Administration, U.S. Patent 

and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–7728; or by e-mail 

at raul.tamayo@uspto.gov with 

‘‘Paperwork’’ in the subject line. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract 

The USPTO is required by Title 35 of 

the United States Code, including 35 

U.S.C. 131, to examine applications for 

patents. The USPTO administers the 

patent statues through various rules in 

Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, including 37 CFR 1.16 

through 1.84. The patent statutes and 

regulations require applicants to 

provide sufficient information to allow 

the USPTO to properly examine the 

application to determine whether it 

meets the criteria set forth in the patent 

statutes and regulations to be issued as 

a patent. 

Most applications for patent, 

including new utility, design, and 

provisional applications, can be 

submitted to the USPTO on paper or 

through EFS–Web. EFS–Web is the 

USPTO’s system for electronic filing of 

patent correspondence. EFS–Web is 

accessible via the Internet on the 

USPTO Web site. The system utilizes 

standard Web-based screens and 

prompts to enable users to submit 

patent documents in Portable Document 

Format (PDF) directly to the USPTO. 

The Legal Framework for EFS–Web, 

available at http://www.uspto.gov/ 

patents/process/file/efs/guidance/ 

New_legal_framework.jsp, provides a 

listing of patent applications and 

documents permitted to be filed via 

EFS–Web and patent applications and 


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